Shrek 3 adds...ninjas?

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060713/film_nm/shrek_dc

DreamWorks Animation has cast a small medieval kingdom's worth of fairy tale characters who will appear in "Shrek the Third."

The next installment of the smelly ogre's saga, set for release next year, is set to star an elite, ninja-like strike force of fairy tale princesses voiced by
Amy Sedaris as Cinderella,
Amy Poehler as Snow White,
Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel and
Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty.

Organized by Princess Fiona, the ladies underground resistance movement fends off a coup d'etat by Prince Charming (
Rupert Everett) in the land of Far, Far Away.

The DreamWorks Animation comedy will be distributed by Paramount Pictures and is set for release May 18.

Also joining the hit animated comedy's cast are
Ian McShane (HBO's "Deadwood") as Captain Hook, John Krasinski (NBC's "The Office") as Sir Lancelot, and Monty Python veteran
Eric Idle as Merlin the magician.

The film's main roles again will be voiced by
Mike Myers (Shrek),
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona),
Eddie Murphy (Donkey) and
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots). Diaz's boyfriend, pop singer
Justin Timberlake, will voice King Arthur, a.k.a. Artie.

"Shrek the Third" finds the green ogre married to Princess Fiona, but becoming the next King and Queen of Far, Far Away wasn't part of his plan. When his father-in-law, King Harold (
John Cleese), falls ill, it is up to Shrek to find a suitable heir or he will be forced to give up his beloved swamp for the throne. Recruiting Donkey and Puss for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne, Fiona's rebellious cousin Artie. Back in Far, Far Away, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. But they have a surprise in store because Fiona, together with her mother, Queen Lillian (
Julie Andrews), has drafted her fellow fairy tale heroines to defend their "happily ever afters." As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming to ensure that there will be a kingdom left to rule.

Raph's Girl note: Ya know.. if Snow White knew ninjatsu in the first place she would have kicked her wicked step-mother's arse...and if Cinderella knew it she would have kicked the Wicked Queen's arse for killing her daughter.... Seriously... 4 of the 5 women who changed history are now ninja?! :lol:

[Drtooth]

As much as I liked Shrek one and two... I don't know if I'd want to see a THIRD one. But that does sound pretty up to the satiricle feeling of the movies so far.

Considering that it seems like a very competitive year (why can't it come out 2008? Then I'd see it) next year, I wonder if this will trounce a lot of the other films I want to see... Fraggle Rock I'm seein' opening night! waited 20 years for them to make that a movie.

[Dr. Doom]

Raph's Girl note: Ya know.. if Snow White knew ninjatsu in the first place she would have kicked her wicked step-mother's arse...and if Cinderella knew it she would have kicked the Wicked Queen's arse for killing her daughter.... Seriously... 4 of the 5 women who changed history are now ninja?! :lol:

I'm pretty sure you have those 2 mixed up.

[Raph's Girl]

I'm pretty sure you have those 2 mixed up.

Snow White and Cinderella both had wicked Step-mothers... in The 10th Kingdom Prince Wendell (the grandson of Snow White and Cinderella)'s step-mother was known as the Wicked Queen.

[Sewer Bull]

The 10th Kingdom Prince Wendell (the grandson of Snow White and Cinderella)'s step-mother was known as the Wicked Queen.

...

Snow White and Cinderella have a common grandson?

[OA]

This is getting a bit confusing...:)

Anyways...i thouroughly enjoyed 1 & 2 and am looking forward to this latest installment...should be fun

[Raph's Girl]

...

Snow White and Cinderella have a common grandson?

Yes.. Snow White's son, Whitney, married Cinderella's daughter, Ashley. They had a son named Wendell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Winston_Walter_White

[Peanut]

This actually sounds better than the plot for the 2nd movie to me. I'll probably end up seeing it, I see almost every big movie release anyways.

[Dr. Doom]

Shrek was a fabulous movie, and Shrek 2 was very entertaining (if slightly less exceptional). So I'll definately see this one.

[KROW]

Jeez, Snow White's sister Rose Red gets snubbed once again.

Ah, well.

Sounds good. I really like the fact that John Cleese and Eric Idle are working together again. Hopefully, there will be some exchanges between their respective characters. And since Puss is coming back, Stormy's gonna drool over this one. (I still gotta draw Puss for her... *ahem*)

[Sliced]

Ah Shrek, you gotta love him. I just can't wait to see those little kitty eyes of Puss too ! Peoples are gonna cheers when they see them for sure.

It will also be funny to see all those so normally calm and shy girls become ninjas ahah.

It will be a good trilogy.

[Masked Ninja]

On an almost unrelated note, I want to see Puss in Boots kick some serious trash. Sure, do the cute eyes thing... but you have a reputation as a killer! It's got to be for SOME reason!

*ahem*

Ah, the sequel-happy Dreamworks. Oh well - I liked the second, I may like this one. Though I can promise you that almost nobody will call it "Shrek the Third."

[Jo Dawn]

Jeez, Snow White's sister Rose Red gets snubbed once again.



Not to be a total snob, my dear...

But if we're talking Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, then that is aTOTALLY different one than the sister of Rose Red.

But I have to say that the Rose Red aspect really intriguied me as a child. Even now, kinda.

I love Fairy Tales. Especially the original versions of them. My grandparents bought me the original versions of the stories, well, before I was born!! Hehe. I still love reading them. They are soooooo different than the interpretations they feed us now.

[Raph's Girl]

But I have to say that the Rose Red aspect really intriguied me as a child. Even now, kinda.


If you want Rose Red then read the comic series "Fables".. Rose Red is one of the lead characters.

[Jo Dawn]

Yeah... I know. I've read it since the beginning. Just started getting back into it again, too (Thanks Anarky)

Thanks, though.

[Brian]

A 3rd Shrek movie. hmmm... I really liked the 1st one because (to me) it was fresh and new at the time. I'd never really paid attention to satire before then. The 2nd one was all right. I guess I'll have to see how the 3rd is whenever it comes out. I hope its good.